In the wake of former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes, a phalanx of women from the network have come forward to defend their CEO. At the same time, a handful of women, mostly anonymous, reached out to Carlson’s lawyer to describe sexual advances Ailes made to them; their allegations date back decades. Missing from that back and forth, though, was Megyn Kelly, easily one of the most famous and influential political commentators in TV news today.

New York Magazine’s Gabriel Sherman has learned from “to two sources briefed on parent company 21st Century Fox’s outside probe” of Ailes that Kelly has told investigators that “Ailes made unwanted sexual advances toward her about ten years ago when she was a young correspondent at Fox.” Sherman speculates that Kelly’s reported disclosure is part of what’s driving the speed with which the Murdoch family — Rupert and his sons are 21st Century Fox’s top executives — is having Ailes removed from his post.

In an industry — really, in a world — in which women who accuse powerful men of sexual misconduct have little leverage, Kelly is a remarkable exception. Ailes, 76, has reportedly been given an August 1 deadline to pack up his Bankers boxes and hightail out of the office or face being fired for cause. No comment yet on Kelly from Ailes’ or Kelly’s camps.